In-letters and orders received by the Navy Board

We are sending herewith a Parcel of Protections for Lightermen and Coalheavers , and direct you to appoint some member of your Board to examine all these Men, and on not finding any Seamen as is sworn to, cause their respective Protections to be delivered to them.
In case he discovers any of them to be Seamen he is then to detain their Protection and send an account of their names to this Board.

Record Details

Item reference: ADM/A/1811/48
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: PAGE
Extent: 1 page
Date made: 1694-09-08
Creator: Austen, Robert; Cornwallis, Charles Rooke, George
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London